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Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators & Tenders

What do they do?

Operate or tend bonding machines that use adhesives to join items for further processing or to form a completed product. Processes include joining veneer sheets into plywood; gluing paper; or joining rubber and rubberized fabric parts, plastic, simulated leather, or other materials.

Education Required

These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

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What Does This Job Pay?

Median Annual Salary: $43,540
Median Hourly Salary: $21
$31,200
$43,540
$58,840
One out of ten earn less than $31,200
The median salary is $43,540
One out of ten earn more than $58,840

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  • Basic Skills
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  • Teaching people how to do something
  • Understanding people's reactions
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
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  • Problem Solving
  • Reading work related information
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Reading work related information
  • Talking to others
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Reading work related information
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Looking for ways to help people
  • Understanding people's reactions
  • Figuring out how to use new ideas or things
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Teaching people how to do something
  • Understanding people's reactions
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Will There Be Jobs?

New job opportunities are very likely in the future.

Typical Daily Tasks

  • Align and position materials being joined to ensure accurate application of adhesive or heat sealing.
  • Adjust machine components according to specifications such as widths, lengths, and thickness of materials and amounts of glue, cement, or adhesive required.
  • Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions and report or resolve problems.